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• After Cap-and-Trade

  Never say never, but the cap-and-trade provisions in the Kerry-Boxer climate change bill have made a number of Senators nervous about supporting it. A number of Republicans have termed it cap-and-tax and some Democrats are not inclined toward it either. For example, take this bit from the Times West Virginian: Sen. Robert C. Byrd, (D-W.Va.), reportedly plans to vote against the resolution [the climate... Posted Nov 18 2009, 03:56 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: legislation, cap and trade, climate, boxer, kerry, policy, Climate Change

• Without You: Climate Change Bill Bypasses GOP

  We can’t really call yesterday’s passage of the Kerry-Boxer climate change bill through the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee tainted, because the bill itself is almost pristine. No amendments were added to it, nothing was removed. But the process lacked a – certain – something: The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee reported out a climate change bill on Thursday despite a boycott... Posted Nov 06 2009, 01:29 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: legislation, debate, bill, congress, climate, boxer, kerry, Climate Change

• After the Ball Is Over

  We provided you with some of the nuclear energy highlights from last week’s hearings on the Kerry-Boxer climate change bill. Now comes the finagling that makes politics so engaging for those who like to follow it, so frustrating for everyone else. This story from the Washington Post’s Juliet Eilperin explains: The climate-change bill that has been moving slowly through the Senate will face a stark... Posted Nov 02 2009, 02:38 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Politics and Nuclear Power, legislation, boxer, kerry

• The Kerry-Boxer Hearings: Day 3

  And day last. We’re going to focus today on John Rowe, Exelon CEO. As we said over the last two days, the focus of the hearings has been general in nature, alighting on nuclear energy and other energy generators only occasionally. But Rowe dove straight into provisions that should be considered if the bill is to be responsive to the nuclear industry. Now, there were also representatives from the coal... Posted Oct 30 2009, 10:29 AM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: legislation, outreach, congress, boxer, kerry, Climate Change, energy

• The Kerry-Boxer Hearings: Day 2

  As you might expect, the second of three days of the hearings on the climate change bill saw some themes emerge. First, the tenor more-or-less avoids talking about specific energy generators even when representatives of relevant companies are present. Natural gas probably picked up the most traction and even that was fairly muted. Second, many of the participants worry that Congress will not act and... Posted Oct 29 2009, 11:10 AM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: legislation, outreach, congress, boxer, kerry, Climate Change, energy

• The Nuclear Title and the Fourth Estate

  The industry’s release of the nuclear title has multiple goals. One, of course, is to provide information to Congress as it considers the Kerry-Boxer climate change legislation, to indicate how the industry can help government achieve its goals. But that information is fully public, so it has a role in the public discourse, too. As important as the other estates is the fourth estate, those outlets... Posted Oct 28 2009, 05:06 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: legislation, outreach, congress, boxer, kerry, Climate Change, energy

• The Kerry-Boxer Hearings: Day One

  The first of three days of hearings about the Boxer-Kerry climate change bill in the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (chaired by Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.)) went the way opening days often do. The Senators kicked things off with what were essentially position papers, with Sen. Boxer highly favorable to the bill and ranking member Sen. James Inhofe (R. Okla.) highly unfavorable. (Inhofe... Posted Oct 27 2009, 04:48 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Nuclear Energy, legislation, outreach, congress, boxer, kerry, energy

• NEI’s Nuclear Policy Initiative

  We gave you a heads up the other day with some fact sheets that outline what the industry - and NEI – has been doing as hearings on the energy bill get underway today (Look at the Twitter feed on your right for some quotes coming out of the hearings. We’ll see about fleshing them out later). Toward this end, NEI has released a detailed nuclear policy initiative outlining where nuclear energy fits into... Posted Oct 27 2009, 12:25 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: NEI, legislation, outreach, congress, energy, nuclear energy institute

• Resources And Streamlining in the Senate

  The bipartisan push for a nuclear title in the Senate’s climate change bill picked up considerably today: Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) is helping to negotiate a nuclear energy amendment that could help bring aboard swing votes who support the industry. Architects and backers of the nuclear effort include Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who are seeking more... Posted Oct 15 2009, 04:45 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: legislation, senate, bill, climate, Climate Change, graham, mccain, carper, lieberman

• John Kerry on the Boxer-Kerry Bill

  In a bit of a surprise, Sen. John Kerry (R-Mass.) has taken the lead on the Senate climate change bill – a surprise because it was widely expected Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) would do so – but regardless, this is a topic Kerry has had an interest in for a long time. The Washington Post has a lengthy interview with Kerry, and do go over and read the whole thing, but let’s see what Kerry thinks about... Posted Oct 02 2009, 04:51 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Nuclear Energy, CO2 Emissions, legislation, regulations, climate, boxer, kerry

• Early Responses to Kerry-Boxer

  Just in case you thought we’d have to wait a bit for some comment on the Kerry-Boxer climate change bill introduced yesterday, think again. Here’s Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska): “We’ve got to be honest with ourselves if we are truly going to decrease emissions,” Murkowski said.  “Nuclear energy must be a part of our energy mix if we are going to do so.” We guess some of our readers consider that... Posted Oct 01 2009, 02:53 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: legislation, politics, climate, boxer, kerry, foecast

• Move Over Waxman-Markey, Here Comes Boxer-Kerry

  Or, The Senate Moves on Climate Change. Senators Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and John Kerry (D-Mass.) have presented the Senate’s version of the climate change bill that will start off in the Environment and Public Works committee chaired by Boxer. As we’ve seen with the health bill, legislation in the Senate moves through several committees in tandem and this one will, too. (House committees tend to... Posted Sep 30 2009, 04:36 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Politics and Nuclear Power, legislation, politics, climate, boxer, kerry, waxman, markey

• Sen. Lieberman Wants More Nuclear

  Sen. Joe Lieberman [I-Conn.] wants you to know : “I don’t think we’re going to [pass a bill] without bipartisan support,” Lieberman told POLITICO last week. “And without a nuclear title that’s stronger than in the House climate change legislation, we’re not going to be able to get enough votes to pass climate change.” This being Washington, putting in such a title may sway some while putting off others... Posted Sep 21 2009, 12:52 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Politics and Nuclear Power, legislation, growth, climate, Sen. Joe Lieberman

• Doubling Down on Nuclear with the EIA

  The Washington Times, which acts in DC as a counterweight to the more liberal (and far more influential) Washington Post, writes today about a report (the full report in PDF) from the Energy Information Administration on the Waxman Markey climate change bill. For the nuclear industry, its conclusions are pretty spectacular, especially since EIA’s reports are heavily referenced in Congress and help... Posted Aug 12 2009, 02:06 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Nuclear Energy, legislation, activists, Washington Times, waxman-markey

• The Story Told by Failed Amendments

  As we’re sure you know from Schoolhouse Rock, when a bill goes through committee, members can propose amendments to enhance this aspect or that of the given legislation. In the House, amendments are sent to the Rules Committee and accepted or rejected there, not in committee or on the floor. The Senate does it in committee and again in the full chamber, where it can become a bit of a free-for-all.... Posted Jul 15 2009, 03:35 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: opinion, legislation, editorial, perspective